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State & Local Innovation
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We Want Better Data Center Deals. We Need Your Help.

The goal: help communities approach data center development with stronger negotiating tools and a clearer understanding of what’s possible.

10.20.26 | 5 min read
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Climate & Energy
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In America’s 250th Year We Agree on the Knicks, Ranch Dressing, and Building Resilience to the Dangers of Extreme Heat

Just as sports fanatics had plenty to celebrate this year, so does the heat policy team at FAS. In response to recent heat events, leaders across the country have taken steps to build heat resilience.

10.19.26 | 16 min read
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Government Capacity
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Leveling the Analytical Playing Field for State Regulators

Congress should establish a Modeling, Analysis, and Technical Talent for Energy Regulation Hub (MATTER Hub) within the Department of Energy (DOE).

10.15.26 | 4 min read
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Climate & Energy
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A Vision for Western Solidarity in the Mid-Transition, Beyond the Resource Curse

Western states functionally manage trillions in global climate risk (permafrost, forest carbon, etc.) and can do so in ways that drive state economic development.

10.13.26 | 12 min read
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Climate & Energy
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Virginia Has an Energy Plan. Now It Needs the Tools to Deliver It.

Implementation will not be easy. Several of the plan’s critical strategies challenge established utility business models.

10.13.26 | 7 min read
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Global Risk
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What can we learn from visual comparison of the Sentinel and Minuteman III ICBM?

It is difficult to assess from photos whether the Sentinel missile is longer or wider overall than the Minuteman, but the Sentinel clearly has a thicker second stage, which could potentially contribute to the missile’s extended range.

10.08.26 | 3 min read
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Climate & Energy
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California’s SB 1213 is an example of regulatory ingenuity in action

California just took an important step toward making electric trucks more affordable and easier for businesses to buy. 

09.30.26 | 3 min read
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Government Capacity
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Are We Guessing Well or Knowing Well? Evidence Gaps in R&D Institutional Design

The potential implication of these evidence gaps becomes more consequential when you look at how institutions actually make decisions day to day.

09.25.26 | 6 min read
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Government Capacity
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What Survives the Trip From Blue-Sky to the Real World

Every new institution inherits something – existing incentives, existing staff, decades of prior investment that shaped what’s possible.

09.24.26 | 18 min read
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Global Risk
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Excessive Military Secrecy On Google Earth

This is not the first time Google has agreed to censor imagery at the behest of governments, but be warned: obfuscation at this broad level poses a direct threat to the public’s ability to monitor and scrutinize government operations.

09.22.26 | 3 min read
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Climate & Energy
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Unlocking Housing Supply is Only the First Step. The Real Opportunity Lies in What, Where, and How We Build.

America’s affordability problem, for instance, is bigger than home prices and rents. How we build affects household costs like insurance and utilities.

09.16.26 | 6 min read
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Global Risk
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When the Climate Shifts, So Do the Pathogens (And So Should We)

As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.

09.11.26 | 7 min read
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